FLYING-BOAT RECORD.
LONG NON-STOP FLIGHT. GIBRALTAR TO PLYMOUTH. (Received September IS. 7.!.) p.m.) British Wirelesp. RUOBr, Sept. 17. At the end of a test flight to the East and back, a Royal Air Force flying-boat yesterday established a new record for the longest non-stop flight for flyingboats. It flew 1100 miles, from Gibraltar to Plymouth, without descending.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 11
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